Steve Faguy
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Toys R Us Canada files for creditor protection www.newswire.ca/news-release... — Can't say we didn't see this coming.
TOYS "R" US CANADA ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER COMPANIES' CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT
/CNW/ - Toys "R" Us (Canada) Ltd. / Toys "R" Us (Canada) Ltee (collectively, the "Company" or "TRU Canada") announced today that it has commenced proceedings...
www.newswire.ca
February 3, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Toys R Us Canada files for creditor protection www.newswire.ca/news-release... — Can't say we didn't see this coming.
That's more explicit. We'll see what Hinse (and Rodriguez) have to say about that.
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
That's more explicit. We'll see what Hinse (and Rodriguez) have to say about that.
Update: The STM has taken down this website, which may have been leaked before they were ready to announce it.
The STM's West Island/centre-north bus network redesign is now available online. refontebus2026.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html — Here is a summary of what's changing:
13 new routes
17 routes with major changes
15 cancelled routes
13 new routes
17 routes with major changes
15 cancelled routes
refontebus2026.s3.amazonaws.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Update: The STM has taken down this website, which may have been leaked before they were ready to announce it.
It's not obvious to me.
February 2, 2026 at 9:16 PM
It's not obvious to me.
There's no evidence of that. But Hinse is Pablo's person, so he still bears the responsibility here, at least politically.
February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
There's no evidence of that. But Hinse is Pablo's person, so he still bears the responsibility here, at least politically.
So now we know what happened with Marwah Rizqy and Geneviève Hinse, or at least Rizqy's version of the events.
Hinse cherchait des « zones grises » pour contourner les règles éthiques, selon Rizqy ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...
Hinse cherchait à contourner les règles éthiques, dit Rizqy
Geneviève Hinse aurait insisté pour embaucher du personnel pour Pablo Rodriguez avec des fonds publics, affirme Marwah Rizqy dans un document de cour.
ici.radio-canada.ca
February 2, 2026 at 5:56 PM
So now we know what happened with Marwah Rizqy and Geneviève Hinse, or at least Rizqy's version of the events.
I don't see full schedules for these new and modified routes (though you can do a trip simulation on the website to see if it runs at a particular time), but many say there will be more service than before.
End of short thread.
End of short thread.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I don't see full schedules for these new and modified routes (though you can do a trip simulation on the website to see if it runs at a particular time), but many say there will be more service than before.
End of short thread.
End of short thread.
968 Trainbus Roxboro / Côte-Vertu: Eliminated, replaced by modified 468.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
968 Trainbus Roxboro / Côte-Vertu: Eliminated, replaced by modified 468.
468 Express Pierrefonds / Gouin: Takes Highway 13 and Côte-Vertu Blvd. (mostly non-stop) instead of Gouin and Grenet.
475 Express Dollard-des-Ormeaux: Extended west along Sources, Anselme-Lavigne, Fredmir and Pierrefonds (limited stops) to Collège Gérald-Godin. Extended east to Du Collège métro.
475 Express Dollard-des-Ormeaux: Extended west along Sources, Anselme-Lavigne, Fredmir and Pierrefonds (limited stops) to Collège Gérald-Godin. Extended east to Du Collège métro.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
468 Express Pierrefonds / Gouin: Takes Highway 13 and Côte-Vertu Blvd. (mostly non-stop) instead of Gouin and Grenet.
475 Express Dollard-des-Ormeaux: Extended west along Sources, Anselme-Lavigne, Fredmir and Pierrefonds (limited stops) to Collège Gérald-Godin. Extended east to Du Collège métro.
475 Express Dollard-des-Ormeaux: Extended west along Sources, Anselme-Lavigne, Fredmir and Pierrefonds (limited stops) to Collège Gérald-Godin. Extended east to Du Collège métro.
419 Express John Abbott: Replaced by the 210 that terminates at Anse-à-l'Orme REM.
425 Express Anse-à-l'Orme: Eliminated, new 211 is essentially the same route.
425 Express Anse-à-l'Orme: Eliminated, new 211 is essentially the same route.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
419 Express John Abbott: Replaced by the 210 that terminates at Anse-à-l'Orme REM.
425 Express Anse-à-l'Orme: Eliminated, new 211 is essentially the same route.
425 Express Anse-à-l'Orme: Eliminated, new 211 is essentially the same route.
405 Express Bord-du-Lac: Eliminated in favour of 411.
407 Express Île-Bizard: Eliminated in favour of 227 to Fairview.
411 Express Lionel-Groulx: Takes Beaconsfield/Bord-du-Lac west of St-Charles instead of Highway 20, replacing that part of 211/405. Service 7 days a week.
407 Express Île-Bizard: Eliminated in favour of 227 to Fairview.
411 Express Lionel-Groulx: Takes Beaconsfield/Bord-du-Lac west of St-Charles instead of Highway 20, replacing that part of 211/405. Service 7 days a week.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
405 Express Bord-du-Lac: Eliminated in favour of 411.
407 Express Île-Bizard: Eliminated in favour of 227 to Fairview.
411 Express Lionel-Groulx: Takes Beaconsfield/Bord-du-Lac west of St-Charles instead of Highway 20, replacing that part of 211/405. Service 7 days a week.
407 Express Île-Bizard: Eliminated in favour of 227 to Fairview.
411 Express Lionel-Groulx: Takes Beaconsfield/Bord-du-Lac west of St-Charles instead of Highway 20, replacing that part of 211/405. Service 7 days a week.
354 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue / Centre-ville: Unchanged.
356 Lachine / YUL Aéroport / Des Sources: Western terminus extended from Sunnybrooke to Pierrefonds-Roxboro REM.
376 Pierrefonds/Centre-Ville: Unchanged.
382 Pierrefonds/Saint-Charles: Unchanged.
356 Lachine / YUL Aéroport / Des Sources: Western terminus extended from Sunnybrooke to Pierrefonds-Roxboro REM.
376 Pierrefonds/Centre-Ville: Unchanged.
382 Pierrefonds/Saint-Charles: Unchanged.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
354 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue / Centre-ville: Unchanged.
356 Lachine / YUL Aéroport / Des Sources: Western terminus extended from Sunnybrooke to Pierrefonds-Roxboro REM.
376 Pierrefonds/Centre-Ville: Unchanged.
382 Pierrefonds/Saint-Charles: Unchanged.
356 Lachine / YUL Aéroport / Des Sources: Western terminus extended from Sunnybrooke to Pierrefonds-Roxboro REM.
376 Pierrefonds/Centre-Ville: Unchanged.
382 Pierrefonds/Saint-Charles: Unchanged.
230 Saint-Louis: New route serves Lakeshore Hospital, all of northern St-Jean, and St-Louis and Sources to Des Sources REM.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
230 Saint-Louis: New route serves Lakeshore Hospital, all of northern St-Jean, and St-Louis and Sources to Des Sources REM.
229 Transcanadienne / Brunswick: New line serves Highway 40 service road between Anse-à-l'Orme and Fairview (but Brunswick westbound between St-Charles and Houde, to replace cancelled 219).
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
229 Transcanadienne / Brunswick: New line serves Highway 40 service road between Anse-à-l'Orme and Fairview (but Brunswick westbound between St-Charles and Houde, to replace cancelled 219).
227 Île-Bizard: New line, connecting the far east end of Chèvremont Blvd. with Fairview station along mostly the 207 route, except de Salaberry west to Brunswick instead of east to St-Jean.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
227 Île-Bizard: New line, connecting the far east end of Chèvremont Blvd. with Fairview station along mostly the 207 route, except de Salaberry west to Brunswick instead of east to St-Jean.
223 Parc Industriel Baie-D'Urfé: New line connects industrial park with Anse-à-l'Orme REM.
225 Hymus: Takes Highway 40 service road between Sources and St-Jean instead of Brunswick; Takes Cohen instead of Thimens in industrial park to replace cancelled 213.
225 Hymus: Takes Highway 40 service road between Sources and St-Jean instead of Brunswick; Takes Cohen instead of Thimens in industrial park to replace cancelled 213.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
223 Parc Industriel Baie-D'Urfé: New line connects industrial park with Anse-à-l'Orme REM.
225 Hymus: Takes Highway 40 service road between Sources and St-Jean instead of Brunswick; Takes Cohen instead of Thimens in industrial park to replace cancelled 213.
225 Hymus: Takes Highway 40 service road between Sources and St-Jean instead of Brunswick; Takes Cohen instead of Thimens in industrial park to replace cancelled 213.
221 Saint-Jean: New line replaces the southern part of the 201 route, between Fairview REM and Gare Beaconsfield (but takes St-Jean directly to Highway 20).
222 Senneville: New line shuttles non-stop between Anse-à-l'Orme REM and the two major industrial complexes near Senneville and Highway 40.
222 Senneville: New line shuttles non-stop between Anse-à-l'Orme REM and the two major industrial complexes near Senneville and Highway 40.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
221 Saint-Jean: New line replaces the southern part of the 201 route, between Fairview REM and Gare Beaconsfield (but takes St-Jean directly to Highway 20).
222 Senneville: New line shuttles non-stop between Anse-à-l'Orme REM and the two major industrial complexes near Senneville and Highway 40.
222 Senneville: New line shuttles non-stop between Anse-à-l'Orme REM and the two major industrial complexes near Senneville and Highway 40.
219 Chemin Sainte-Marie: Eliminated, replaced by 229 (Kirkland part) and 223 (Baie d'Urfé industrial park).
220 Kieran: Adds more stops in industrial park west of Highway 13, and stops along Highway 40 instead of shuttling to métro.
220 Kieran: Adds more stops in industrial park west of Highway 13, and stops along Highway 40 instead of shuttling to métro.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
219 Chemin Sainte-Marie: Eliminated, replaced by 229 (Kirkland part) and 223 (Baie d'Urfé industrial park).
220 Kieran: Adds more stops in industrial park west of Highway 13, and stops along Highway 40 instead of shuttling to métro.
220 Kieran: Adds more stops in industrial park west of Highway 13, and stops along Highway 40 instead of shuttling to métro.
218 Antoine-Faucon: Will take Brunswick Blvd. straight to St-Charles instead of de Salaberry. Western terminus moves to Château-Pierrefonds/Pierrefonds. Service 7 days a week.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
218 Antoine-Faucon: Will take Brunswick Blvd. straight to St-Charles instead of de Salaberry. Western terminus moves to Château-Pierrefonds/Pierrefonds. Service 7 days a week.
216 Transcanadienne: Western terminus moves to Des Sources REM. (Service road west of Sources will be served by 225.)
217 Anse-à-l'Orme: Eliminated, replaced by 211 (west of St-Charles) and 200 (east of St-Charles)
217 Anse-à-l'Orme: Eliminated, replaced by 211 (west of St-Charles) and 200 (east of St-Charles)
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
216 Transcanadienne: Western terminus moves to Des Sources REM. (Service road west of Sources will be served by 225.)
217 Anse-à-l'Orme: Eliminated, replaced by 211 (west of St-Charles) and 200 (east of St-Charles)
217 Anse-à-l'Orme: Eliminated, replaced by 211 (west of St-Charles) and 200 (east of St-Charles)
214 Stuart-Graham / YUL Aéroport: New line replaces the airport part of the 204. Serves Stuart-Graham, terminal and Gare Dorval. (No relation to former 214 bus.)
215 Henri-Bourassa: Unchanged except eliminating a tour around the STM's St-Laurent garage (takes Cousens straight to Guénette).
215 Henri-Bourassa: Unchanged except eliminating a tour around the STM's St-Laurent garage (takes Cousens straight to Guénette).
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
214 Stuart-Graham / YUL Aéroport: New line replaces the airport part of the 204. Serves Stuart-Graham, terminal and Gare Dorval. (No relation to former 214 bus.)
215 Henri-Bourassa: Unchanged except eliminating a tour around the STM's St-Laurent garage (takes Cousens straight to Guénette).
215 Henri-Bourassa: Unchanged except eliminating a tour around the STM's St-Laurent garage (takes Cousens straight to Guénette).
212 Sainte-Anne: Already modified to go between Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue train station and Anse-à-l'Orme REM.
213 Parc-Industriel-Saint-Laurent: Eliminated in favour of 225
213 Parc-Industriel-Saint-Laurent: Eliminated in favour of 225
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
212 Sainte-Anne: Already modified to go between Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue train station and Anse-à-l'Orme REM.
213 Parc-Industriel-Saint-Laurent: Eliminated in favour of 225
213 Parc-Industriel-Saint-Laurent: Eliminated in favour of 225
211 Bord-du-Lac: West of St-Charles, uses Sherbrooke (westbound) or Elm (eastbound) to Kirkland REM, replacing the 217/425. Beaconsfield/Lakeshore part replaced by 200 and 411, which get added service.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
211 Bord-du-Lac: West of St-Charles, uses Sherbrooke (westbound) or Elm (eastbound) to Kirkland REM, replacing the 217/425. Beaconsfield/Lakeshore part replaced by 200 and 411, which get added service.
209 Des Sources / YUL Aéroport: Will use Dawson Ave. instead of Bord-du-Lac in Dorval. Otherwise unchanged, but more frequent.
210 John Abbott: The legendary 210 is back! Will shuttle between Anse-à-l'Orme REM station and John Abbott College via Chemin Sainte-Marie. The 419 will be eliminated.
210 John Abbott: The legendary 210 is back! Will shuttle between Anse-à-l'Orme REM station and John Abbott College via Chemin Sainte-Marie. The 419 will be eliminated.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
209 Des Sources / YUL Aéroport: Will use Dawson Ave. instead of Bord-du-Lac in Dorval. Otherwise unchanged, but more frequent.
210 John Abbott: The legendary 210 is back! Will shuttle between Anse-à-l'Orme REM station and John Abbott College via Chemin Sainte-Marie. The 419 will be eliminated.
210 John Abbott: The legendary 210 is back! Will shuttle between Anse-à-l'Orme REM station and John Abbott College via Chemin Sainte-Marie. The 419 will be eliminated.
206 Roger-Pilon: Terminus extended past Pierrefonds-Roxboro REM to Riviera St., replacing eliminated 213.
207 Jacques-Bizard: Serves far end of Jacques-Bizard Blvd. (Résidence St-Raphaël) in addition to existing route.
208 Brunswick: Unchanged.
207 Jacques-Bizard: Serves far end of Jacques-Bizard Blvd. (Résidence St-Raphaël) in addition to existing route.
208 Brunswick: Unchanged.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
206 Roger-Pilon: Terminus extended past Pierrefonds-Roxboro REM to Riviera St., replacing eliminated 213.
207 Jacques-Bizard: Serves far end of Jacques-Bizard Blvd. (Résidence St-Raphaël) in addition to existing route.
208 Brunswick: Unchanged.
207 Jacques-Bizard: Serves far end of Jacques-Bizard Blvd. (Résidence St-Raphaël) in addition to existing route.
208 Brunswick: Unchanged.